Sadly, abusing animals and consumers is just business as
usual for the egg industry.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Cal-Maine Foods, the largest egg
producer in the country, will pay $28 million to settle federal antitrust
claims. The "egg cartel" is accused of conspiring to increase egg prices by
killing off young chicks and egg-laying hens in order to artificially reduce
egg supply.

This is not the first time Cal-Maine has been in trouble. In 2010, a
shocking undercover investigation exposed rampant animal abuse at one of the
company's battery-cage egg facilities. The investigation revealed
overcrowded hens suffering from broken legs and other injuries, birds
trapped in cage wire unable to reach food or water, and chicken corpses left
to rot in cages with hens still producing eggs for human consumption.

That same year, Cal-Maine recalled 288,000 eggs that it had purchased
from supplier Ohio Fresh Eggs after a test showed deadly salmonella at the
facility. An investigation by Mercy For Animals in 2004 exposed the
disease-ridden conditions at Ohio Fresh Eggs, including hundreds of
thousands of egg-laying hens with broken, damaged, and feces-covered
feathers packed into battery cages so small they couldn't spread their
wings.

Sadly, abusing animals and consumers is just business as usual for the
egg industry. The good news is that simply leaving eggs off your plate and
replacing them with cruelty-free vegan alternatives is a powerful way to
protect yourself and animals from being cheated by the rotten egg industry.

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